Sooke Weather in August
Sooke in August
The short of it: Sooke in August averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 30 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 11° · rain 30 mm · daylight 14 h 19 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Sooke an average August high of 22°, a low of 11° and some 30 mm of rain. The height of summer in Sooke, with afternoons near 22°. Rain is modest, about 30 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 19 min in mid-August, 84 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Sooke runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Metchosin, 14 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
August in Sooke, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MetchosinBritish Columbia | 14 km E | 22° | 12° | 24 mm |
| LangfordBritish Columbia | 19 km ENE | 23° | 12° | 25 mm |
| ColwoodBritish Columbia | 19 km ENE | 23° | 12° | 24 mm |
| View RoyalBritish Columbia | 22 km ENE | 22° | 12° | 22 mm |
| EsquimaltBritish Columbia | 24 km ENE | 23° | 13° | 21 mm |
| TillicumBritish Columbia | 26 km ENE | 23° | 13° | 21 mm |
| James BayBritish Columbia | 26 km E | 23° | 13° | 21 mm |
| Rural SaanichBritish Columbia | 26 km ENE | 22° | 12° | 23 mm |